Andreas Tille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 21 May 2008, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > I'm currently evaluating a smooth transition from all orig+diff to > > the 3.0 (quilt) format and as such I'm not really interested in a > > new option that only makes sense for the old format that I hope to > > deprecate in lenny+1. > > Hmmm, do you regard it as realistic that all maintainers will change to > a new format in Lenny+1?
"$FOO is deprecated in lenny+1" means that, in lenny+1, usage of $FOO will be deprecated. It doesn't mean "no-one is permitted to use $FOO". At some point *after* deprecation (i.e. "at some point after lenny+1", in this example), $FOO becomes unsupported, but preferably only after a significant proportion has responded to the deprecation by migrating away from $FOO. > but I have certain doubts that such kind of transitions are faster > than for instance /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc and something like > that. A perfect example. '/usr/doc' was deprecated for a long time, yet it was not until most packages had migrated away from it that it became mandatory to do so. -- \ "If you continue running Windows, your system may become | `\ unstable." —Microsoft, Windows 95 bluescreen error message | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
